Danielle was born and raised in Salvador, BA, Brazil, where she completed her BSc in Biomedical Sciences from the Bahian School of Medicine and Public Health in 2012. As an undergrad student, she developed a deep interest in cell and molecular biology. Danielle obtained her M.S from the Federal University of Bahia in 2014 and earned her Ph.D in Molecular Oncology from the Barretos Cancer Hospital in 2019. Currently, she is a postdoctoral research scholar at the Petersen Lab - where she joined to develop her skills in Immunology. Her current research is focused on immunological changes associated with inflammatory and regulatory phenotypes during the progression of chronic vector-borne zoonotic infections.